SPARC will fly: Your cheat sheet for cocktail banter at Oracle's upcoming shindig

Or a little historical insight for those not going

OpenWorld When reports emerged early in September that Oracle was shedding hundreds of workers, it might have been dismissed as just the latest in a series of such moves. What caught the attention of industry watchers was where the axe was falling. Sources indicated those being laid off included many of the engineers responsible for its SPARC processors and Solaris operating system."